Rushden Echo, 25th December 1914, transcribed by Kay Collins
Irchester Man in the Trenches – Fur Coats
Private William Richardson, A Company, 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment writes to his parents at Irchester: “We get on all right here. The people in England are very good to us, they have sent us fur coats; and we get plenty of cigarettes and tobacco. I got the mittens just as we were going into the trenches. When I have my fur coat on you would hardly know me; we can do with them, as it is very cold here. We go into the trenches for three days, and then we get released for three days, so that it is not so bad.”
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